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Drop – Out 1963

Drop – Out 1963 Uses the case of a boy from Quincy, Illinois, who dropped out of school in the tenth grade to highlight the problem of school drop-outs. Includes interviews with the ex-student, his mother, his teachers, and other local educators to indicate some of the difficulties in assessing causes of drop-outs. Describes the […]

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April 1, 2020

Keeping Hair Clean (1931)

Keeping The Hair Clean 1931 Silent. Charles and Eleanor wash their hair. Eleanor also washes her brushes and combs. Help us get more films like this online! This film was digitized and uploaded by the A/V Geeks thanks to contributions to this project: http://www.avgeeks.com/wp2/avgeeks100miles keeping-hair-clean-1931

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April 1, 2020

I Just Don’t Dig Him

I Just Don’t Dig Him 1970 Dramatizes the problem of communication between father and son. Shows how both father and son learn to accept each other more realistically. Help us get more films like this online! This film was digitized and uploaded thanks to contributions from this project: http://www.avgeeks.com/wp2/avgeeks100miles/ i-just-dont-dig-him

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April 1, 2020

Pirro And The Telephone

Employs a puppet to show usage of telephone and directory. Tells how to carry on a telephone conversation. We digitized and

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April 1, 2020

Cavalcade (1960s)

Promotional newsreel-like pieces. Help us get more films like this online! This film was digitized and uploaded by the A/V Geeks thanks to contributions to this project: http://www.avgeeks.com/wp2/avgeeks100miles cavalcade-1960s

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April 1, 2020

Keeping Clean And Neat (1956)

Children in an eighth grade learn the value of making a good appearance. Illustrates practical step-by-step routines for personal grooming and care of clothing. keeping-clean-and-neat-1956

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April 1, 2020

News Cavalcade (1965)

This looks like a traditional newsreel but it is actually a clever series of promotional pieces for various sponsors – Ford Motor Company, Salsbury Chemicals Poultry Feed, Encyclopedia Britannica. Now it is a commonplace practice in news reporting to show pre-packaged “video news releases” from drug and tech companies as news segments on local TV […]

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April 1, 2020

Unique Contribution (1959)

Dr. Maurice B. Mitchell, president of Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, discusses some of the ways in which educational motion pictures can contribute to teaching … unique-contribution-1959

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April 1, 2020

Drug Attack

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April 1, 2020

Managing Wildlife Resources (1975)

Profiles the need for effective programs to manage the Earth’s wildlife, a source of food and knowledge. We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V Geeks 16mm Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project. managing-wildlife-resources-1975

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April 1, 2020

Mayor’s Citizens Narcotics Committee PSA

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April 1, 2020

Sun’s Family, The (1950)

Explains that the sun is really one of the smaller stars, that the nine planets revolving around it constitute its family, that the earth is one of those planets and that each planet travels in a fixed orbit around the sun. We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V Geeks 16mm Archive. Email us […]

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April 1, 2020